Speaker submissions

Have a talk you’d like to give at Code for San Francisco? Let us know!

Code for San Francisco presentations come in two flavors:

Short presentation during the opening. These presentations are 10 minutes or
less in length with an limited Q&A session afterwards. These occur during the
opening remarks.

Long presentation or workshop after the break. These presentations are can be
anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour in length with an open Q&A session
afterwards. Because of their length, we give attendees a chance to optionally
use the time to work on their projects.

Presenters can be any government agency, non-profit, company or
group who’ve made use of data and/or technology to improve the public good.

The Code for San Francisco audience typically consists of a diverse group of
50+ web developers, designers, academic researchers, activists, policy wonks
and curious citizens.

A few rules of thumb for a good presentation:

Show, don’t tell

Be honest about what worked and what didn’t

Don’t try to sell us your product or agenda

Attend a Hack Night prior to your talk and get a feel for the community